Cantabria by Bike

Quintanilla Lamasón, Cicera, Bolera del Moro

Route 8b

By: Javier Tovar, Pedro Ceballos, and Michael González Harbour

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Basic Data

Distance (Km/miles)	31 / 19
Cumulative ascent: meters/feet	1200 / 3936
Maximum height	903 / 2962
Total time	4 and a half hours
Time moving	3:18
Beginning and end location	Quintanilla Lamasón
Difficulty	Medium
Date	April 2011
Recommended period	All year round

Profile

Pictures

The village of Río	We climb in the fog towards the pass of Carracedo
The descent to Cicera	Cicera
The houses of Cicera, with Bolera del Moro in the background	View of the Gorge of Hermida
The peak of Bolera del Moro is covered by the fog	The valley covered in fog
We find a group of vultures	Cires

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Instructions

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